Talk:Anterior cruciate ligament injury

I don't believe this statement is accurate: "External bracing is recommended for athletes in contact and collision sports for a period of time after reconstruction. It is important however to realize that this type of prevention is given by a 'surgeon to surgeon' basis; all surgeons will prescribe a brace and crutches for post surgery recovery total usage time is one month"

As my doctor told me, and as I found on the web (although I'm not going to research it right now), braces are mostly useless because the graft is far stronger than the brace itself.--69.86.74.38 (talk) 06:02, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Merge with Anterior Cruciate Ligament and ACL Reconstruction?

This page could be combined with the article Anterior cruiate ligament and Anterior cruiate ligament reconstruction under the name "Anterior Cruciate Ligament."

I oppose the merger between the anatomical term and the name of the condition, but I would support the merger between the name of the condition and the name of the surgery. --Arcadian 08:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

There already is an ACL reconstruction section of the ACL injury page and the ACL reconstruction article should just replace that section.

I know CATZ is doing some research with USC to discover why there are differences in the number of ACL injuries betweeen boys and girls. http://pt.usc.edu/ACLprojectprevent/ Tucker2000 (talk) 20:14, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Possible expansion to this article

Hello. I have been working on expanding information on the anterior cruciate ligament article. Particularly, I have expanding a section dedicated to explaining reasons women are more susceptible to ACL injury. I see that this article also briefly touches on a few of these factors. Now, I think it may be more appropriate to add this additional information in this article, instead. If anyone would like to work with me on expanding this section or has any other suggestions or ideas, please let me know. Eng 314 (talk) 03:57, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Adding content for Project Anatomy Talk Page (for discussion)

I am a student from Cal Poly Pomona and we are involved in a project that is adding information to pages involving musculoskeletal injuries. I wanted to add the following information to the page. Please feel free review and leave any comments.

My group's project will be on the injury to the ACL. We will attempt to add to and revise any of the information already available in the current wikipedia article. This includes general information, causes, prevention, and treatment. The ACL is a vital ligament for proper movement. the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) receives the most injuries then the other ligaments. Injuries of the ACL range from mild such as small tears to severe when the ligament is completely torn. There are many ways the ACL can be torn the most prevalent is when the knee is bent too much toward the back and when it goes too far to the side. Tears in the anterior cruciate ligament usually take place when the knee receives direct impact while the leg is in a stable position. Torn ACL’s are most of the time related to high impact sports or when the knee is forced to make sharp changes in movement and during abrupt stops from high speed. These types of injuries are prevalent in soccer, high jump, basketball, and football. Research has shown that women involved in sports are more likely to have ACL injuries then males. ACL tears can also happen among older individuals from a slip and fall and they are seen mostly in people over forty due to wear and tear of the ligaments. An ACL tear can be determined by the an individual if a popping sound is heard after impact, swelling after a couple of hours, severe pain when bending the knee, and when the knee buckles or locks during movement.

A torn ACL is less likely to control the movements of the knee. When tears to the ACL is not repaired it can sometimes cause damage to the cartilage inside the knee because with the torn ACL the tibia and femur bone are more likely to rub against each other. Immediately after the tear of the ACL, the person should rest it, ice it ever fifteen to twenty minutes, produce compression on the knee, and then elevate above the heart; this process helps decrease the swelling and reduce the pain. The form of treatment is determined based on the severity of the tear on the ligament. Small tears in the ACL may just require several months of rehab in order to strengthen the surrounding muscles, the hamstring and the quadriceps, so that these muscles can compensate for the torn ligament.

If the tare is severe, surgery may be necessary because the ACL can not heal independently because there is a lack of blood supply going to this ligament. Surgery is usually required among athletes because the ACL is needed in order to perform sharp movements safely and with stability. The surgery of the ACL is usually done several weak after the injury in order to allow the swelling and inflammation to go down. During surgery the ACL is not repaired instead, it is reconstructed using other ligaments in the body. There are three different types of ACL surgery. The first type is the patella tendon-bone auto graft is when the surgeon takes a piece of the patella tendon and uses it to reconstruct the new ACL tendon. The second type is hamstring tendon auto graft this is when the surgeon uses two tendons from the back of the knee and doubles them to become the new ACL tendon. The third type is when tissue is taken from a cadaver to for the new ACL. Patella tendon-bone auto graft and hamstring auto graft are the most common and preferred because it produce the best results. After the surgery, rehabilitation is required in order to strengthen the surrounding muscles and stabilize the joint. kjnavalta (talk) 17:10, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Editorial Comments

A section is needed on epidemiology – incidence rates, etc. How often do these occur? In men or women is it more common?

Injury Types, Conservative Treatments sections need citations, and formal language. Scholarchanter (talk) 00:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)